# Difference between revisions of "2018 AMC 10A Problems/Problem 8"

Joe has a collection of 23 coins, consisting of 5-cent coins, 10-cent coins, and 25-cent coins. He has 3 more 10-cent coins than 5-cent coins, and the total value of his collection is 320 cents. How many more 25-cent coins does Joe have than 5-cent coins?

$\textbf{(A) } 0 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 1 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 2 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 3 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 4$

## Solution

Let $x$ be the number of 5-cent stamps that Joe has. Therefore, he must have $x+3$ 10-cent stamps and $23-(x+3)-x$ 25-cent stamps. Since the toal value of his collection is 320 cents, we can write $$5x+10(x+3)+25(23-(x+3)-x)=320 \Rightarrow 5x+10(x+3)+25(20-2x)=320 \Rightarrow 5x+10x+30+500-50x=320 \Rightarrow 35x=210 \Rightarrow x=6$$ Joe has 6 5-cent stamps, 9 10-cent stamps, and 8 25-cent stamps. Thus, our answer is $8-6=\boxed{2}$

~Nivek

## See Also

 2018 AMC 10A (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) Preceded byProblem 7 Followed byProblem 9 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 All AMC 10 Problems and Solutions

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